The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Oxford against Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and the Mississippi Republican Party.

It seeks to compel Hosemann and the GOP to release poll books without redacting voters' birth dates.

Plaintiffs said they want to examine poll books for people marked as voting in the June 3 Democratic primary and the June 24 Republican runoff. State law prohibits such crossover voting. It's part of a process of McDaniel deciding whether to appeal his loss to Cochran.

Hosemann said his office does not possess poll books or have authority to publicly release them.

The lawsuit comes on the heels of new allegations of vote-buying in the race. A Meridian minister claims he was promised thousands of dollars to buy votes for Cochran.

A blogger at gotnews.com said he paid Rev. Stevie Fielder for an interview.

"They would give $15 in each envelope to be given as they went in to vote," Fielder said in the interview.

Fielder claims the Cochran campaign promised him $16,000 to try to buy black votes at the polls. The Cochran campaign said the allegations are absurd. Campaign officials said they did hire Fielder as a campaign worker in Meridian and showed 16 WAPT's Scott Simmons the receipts for a $300 payment.

"This was an individual we had paid a small sum of money to help get out the vote in Meridian and I guess he thought he could extort the campaign," said Cochran campaign spokesman Austin Barbour.

The claim is the latest by a group that wants to challenge last week's Senate primary results.

"The Republicans need to run their primary, and the Democrats need to run their primary and any other party needs to run their primary, not the state," Hosemann said.

Hosemann said if there is evidence of vote-buying, it is a case for state and federal investigators.

Four Hinds County deputies stood guard Tuesday as the Republican Executive Committee went over the election results. McDaniel campaign officials said they have found 3,300 cases of voter irregularities in 38 counties.

"We have not yet touched the Delta. We have not touched the absentee ballots, so we feel like there is plenty of evidence out there that we are going to uncover that would possibly make it right for a challenge," said state Sen. Michael Watson, the spokesman for the McDaniel campaign.

Hinds County Republican Party Chairman Pete Perry claims the allegations of voter fraud in the county are far off base. The McDaniel camp alleged that they found 1,200 questionable votes. They also question how Perry could be paid thousands of dollars by a Super PAC that supported Cochran.

"So, I was not paid by the Cocrhan PAC. Money was given to me to run a program with," Perry said.

"Why is that not a conflict of interest?" Simmons asked.

"Why is that a conflict?" Perry said.

"You're the Hinds County Commission chairman," Simmons said.

"And? I tell everybody in our county they ought to be involved in primaries," Perry said.

Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Joe Nosef said they need to get to the point where a challenge is filed or it's not. Nosef said that could start Monday when the party turns the election returns over to the Secretary of State's Office.

FEDERAL ELECTION LAWSUIT OVER THE SENATE RACE. IN IT THEY CLAIM THAT DEMOCRATS VOTED IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY... THEY NAME, SECRETARY OF STATE DELBERT HOSEMAN, THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THIS LAWSUIT COMES ON THE HEELS OF NEW ALLEGATIONS OF VOTE BUYING IN THE RACE. A MERIDIAN MINISTER CLAIMS HE WAS PROMISED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO BUY VOTES FOR THAD COCHRAN. BUT AS 16 WAPT'S SCOTT SIMMONS INVESTIGATES --HIS STORY HAS HOLES. A BLOGGER AT GOT- NEWS-DOT COM SAYS HE PAID A MERIDIAN MINISTER - FOR THIS INTERVIEW... VOICE OF STEVIE FIELDER: THEY WOULD GIVE 15- DOLLARS IN EACH ENVELOPE TO BE GIVEN AS THEY WENT IN TO VOTE. STEVIE FIELDER IS A MINISTER WHO CLAIMS THAT THE COCHRAN CAMPAIGN PROMISED HIM 16-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO TRY AND BUY BLACK VOTES AT THE POLLS... THE COCHRAN CAMPAIGN SAYS THAT'S ABSURD.. THEY ADMIT THEY DID HIRE FIELDER AS A CAMPAIGN WORKER IN MERIDIAN. THEY SHOWED ME THE RECEIPTS FOR A 300- DOLLAR PAYMENT. AUSTIN BARBOUR/COCHRA N SPOKESMAN: AND THIS WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WE HAD PAID A SMALL SUM OF MONEY TO HELP GET OUT OF THE VOTE IN MERIDIAN AND I GUESS HE THOUGHT HE COULD EXTORT THE CAMPAIGN. BUYING VOTES IS THE LATEST CLAIM BY ONE GROUP WHO WANT TO CHALLENGE LAST WEEK'S SENATE PRIMARY BETWEEN THAD COCHRAN AND CHRIS MCDANIEL. SEC. OF STATE DELBERT HOSEMANN:THE REPUBLICANS NEED TO RUN THEIR PIMARY AND THE DEMOCRATS NEED TO RUN THEIR PRIMARY AND ANY OTHER PARTY NEEDS TO RUN THEIR PIMARY..NOT THE STATE. THE MISSISSIPPI SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS IF THERE IS EVIDENCE OF VOTE BUYING, IT'S IS A CASE FOR STATE AND FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS... " PAUL BREAZEALE " 4-HINDS COUNTY DEPUTIES STOOD GUARD TUESDAY AS THE REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WENT OVER THE ELECTION RESULTS. THE MCDANIEL CAMPAIGN SAYS THEY'VE FOUND 33- HUNDRED CASES OF VOTER IRREGULARITIES IN 38 COUNTIES... STATE SEN. MICHAEL WATSON/MCDANIEL SPOKESPERSON: WE HAVE NOT YET TOUCHED THE DELTA, WE HAVE NOT TOUCHED THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS SO WE FEEL LIKE THERE IS LENTY OF EVIDENCE OUT THERE THAT WE ARE GOING TO UNCOVER THAT WOULD POSSIBLY MAKE IT RIGHT FOR A CHALLENGE. HINDS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN PETE PERRY CLAIMS THE ALLEGATIONS OF VOTER FRAUD IN HINDS COUNTY ARE FAR OFF BASE... THE MCDANIEL CAMP ALLEGED THAT THEY FOUND 12-HUNDRED QUESTIONABLE VOTES. THEY ALSO QUESTION HOW PERRY COULD BE PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BY A SUPER PAC THAT SUPPORTED THAD COCHRAN. PETE PERRY/HINDS CO. PARTY CHAIRMAN: SO I WAS NOT PAID BY THE COCHRAN PAC, MONEY WAS GIVEN TO ME TO RUN A PROGRAM WITH. SCOTT SIMMONS: WHY IS THAT NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? PETE PERRY: WHY IS THAT A CONFLICT? SCOTT SIMMONS: YOUR THE HINDS COUNTY COMMISSIONER CHAIRMAN.. PETE PERRY: AND?..I TELL EVEYRBODY IN OUR COUNTY THEY OUGHT TO BE INVOLVED IN PRIMARIES. JOE NOSEF/MS REPUBLICAN PARTY: I GUESS MY REACTION SCOTT, I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THIS OR THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE A CHALLENGE IS FILED OR IT'S NOT. STATE PARTY CHAIRMAN, JOE NOSEF SAID THAT COULD START MONDAY WHEN THE PARTY TURNS THOSE ELECTION RETURNS OVER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. SCOTT SIMMONS 16 WAPT NEWS. ONCE AGAIN, A FEDERAL LAWSUIT